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Former national striker now turned football agent, Damani Ralph, said that while it is good that Jamaica is currently ranked 50th in the FIFA /Coca-Cola World Rankings, it is important that the team maintains this ranking in order to give players an...

A career-best performance from left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican has put Windies A in a good position against England Lions heading into today's second day of their second unofficial Test at Sabina Park.Warrican, who was the Man of the Match in the...

Jamaica Scorpions easily disposed of USA Cricket by 80 runs in their final preliminary match of the Regional Super50 here yesterday but their spot in the semi-finals remained in doubt at press time as English county Kent remained front-runners to...

Boys' Town FC head coach Andrew Price said that demotion will be an opportunity for the club to regroup and come back stronger.The Red Brigade became the first team to be relegated from this season's Red Stripe Premier League, after losing 2-0 to...

The Under-19 cricket World Cup, which was played in New Zealand recently, was billed as the "future stars" tournament, and apart from the unsavoury dismissal of a batsman for "obstruction" when he picked up a stationary ball and handed it to a...

One of the things that is inevitable in sports discussions is the whole business of comparisons. No matter how we try to avoid it, the question will always be asked, is this player better than that player?Some of these comparisons will be debated...

Overcome by pride and joy, coach Michael Clarke was in no mood to talk after his Calabar High School team made history in the 4x400 metres at the Corporate Area Championships in Kingston last Friday.Anthony Carpenter, Christopher Taylor, Shemar...

Since Digicel came on board and organised the regional athletic championships into a series, The Digicel Grand Prix Series, it has become very apparent that schools in the eastern region are miles behind their counterparts in terms of high-quality...

Relegation favourites Boys' Town will continue their fight against the improbable - some say impossible - when they play away to leaders Portmore United at the Spanish Town Prison Oval.Last week, the former champions, who are now rooted at the foot...

West Indies A captain Kieran Powell says focus and application will be key if they are to clinch their unofficial Test series against England Lions at Sabina Park, starting today at 10 a.m.The regional standard-bearers enjoy a 1-0 lead in the three-...

Western Bureau:World Youth Under-18 400 metres record holder Antonio Watson of Petersfield High School hit top form yesterday to break records in both the Class Two 200 and 400 metres at the County of Cornwall Athletics Association (COCAA)/Digicel...

The Sagicor Sigma Corporate 5K Fun Run, which is designed to inspire fun, fitness, and camaraderie among Jamaica's business community, is on today and will start at 7:30 a.m. at Emancipation Park in New Kingston.Organisers hope to raise more than $...

RICHARD Azan's progressive four-year-old filly, MONEY MAGNET, yesterday turned the tables on CHACE THE GREAT to win her first grade one race, running strongly against the rail to land the Eileen Cliggott Memorial Handicap at odds of 2-1.SIEMPRE...

Another national netballer has come out swinging after she was not named in the squad for the upcoming Quad Series and the Commonwealth Games."I think the selectors don't like me, and once they don't like you, it doesn't matter how well you are...

"This team seems to be rising to the occasion step by step and you never know and they could spring some element of surprise because each track meet, you see some different signs," Harrison said.Kingston College tallied 377 points. However, the boys...

National Discus record holder, Fedrick Dacres, has disregarded his recent record-breaking effort after it was revealed that the weight of the disc used was slightly lower than the required 2kg. Dacres threw 69.83 metres at the King of Ring...

Jamaica's coach, Theodore 'Tappa' Whitmore, is pleased that the Reggae Boyz have broken into the top 50 in the FIFA ranking for the first time since 2005. The team currently sits dead even at 50th in the latest ranking, which was released on...

President of the Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF), Joylene Griffiths Irving, said a new home for cycling would rekindle excitement and interest in the sport locally.Plans to build a new velodrome were being discussed between the previous Kirk...

KINGSTON:The PCJ Group is back on board as title sponsor of the 2017/18 National Schools Chess Championships, this time with a sponsorship package valued at more than $460,000.Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) and its subsidiaries Wigton...

After three rounds, Mile Gully and Comfort share the lead atop the standings on seven points each in the Mikail Phillips Manchester Football Association's Major League. Alligator Pond and Los Perfectos...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC):James Adams and Joe Weatherley hammered half-centuries as English county Hampshire made light work of Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners, brushing them aside by nine wickets in the battle of the bottom-placed teams...

French publication L'Equipe is reporting that FIFA president Gianni Infantino is planning to make major changes, including a discontinuation of the January transfer market, limiting loans, and an introduction of asalary cap.L'Equipe further reported...

Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has dismissed suggestion that that his relationship with star midfielder Paul Pogba has deteriorated and that he was dissatisfied with the Frenchman's work in a two-man midfield.Pogba, 24, was said to be...

WINDHOEK, Namibia, (CMC):United Arab Emirates booked their spot alongside West Indies at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe starting next month after beating Nepal by seven runs to win the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 title...